Author: Alexandre Varel

Under threat of prosecution for his management during his second and final term (2019-2024), former Senegalese president Macky Sall has enlisted the services of French criminal lawyer Pierre Olivier Sur to ensure his defense. Currently defending former Gabonese president Ai Bongo and his family alongside Me François Zimmeray, the co-founder of the Paris-based law firm...

Me Clara Gérard-Rodriguez, one of the lawyers of Ali, Sylvia, and Noureddine Bongo, spent the morning of October 1st in the office of the two investigating judges of the “Crimes against Humanity” division of the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI), in Paris. This working session was part of the investigation conducted by the two...

Under the threat of a life sentence for “endangering state security” handed down by the Ivorian justice system in 2021, Guillaume Soro is remaining extremely discreet as the presidential election on October 25 approaches in Ivory Coast. The former Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2019 has not spoken out...

Candidate for the presidential election on October 25 in Côte d’Ivoire, businessman Jean-Louis Billon, leader of Sifca, the country’s most powerful private group, is preparing to campaign for this election. In this exclusive interview with Financial Afrik, the former Minister of Commerce, Handicrafts and SME Promotion in the Kablan Duncan government discusses his project, his economic program, the situation of the PDCI-RDA, and his disagreements with Tidjane Thiam. Interview conducted by Alexandre Varel. You are campaigning for the presidential election on October 25 at the head of the Democratic Congress (CODE), a coalition of about twenty formations. Do you plan…

A few days after his candidacy for the presidential election on October 25 in Côte d’Ivoire was rejected by the Constitutional Council, Tidjane Thiam flew to the United States in mid-September to discuss the political situation in his country and defend his position. The former head of Credit Suisse and president of PDCI-RDA notably met...

For several weeks, lawyer Mathias Chichportich has been active in international media, as well as in several defense procedures for his client, Ivorian Tidjane Thiam. Barred from running in the presidential election on October 25th, after his candidacy was rejected by the Ivorian Constitutional Council on September 8th, the leader of the Democratic Party of...